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I've had a $10 LCD sketchboard (think Etch-a-Sketch) for a few weeks now, and I like it a lot. I find myself jotting stuff on it surprisingly often. It's respon

I've had a $10 LCD sketchboard (think Etch-a-Sketch) for a few weeks now, and I like it a lot. I find myself jotting stuff on it surprisingly often. It's responsive and has a tactile feel not unlike that of writing on a blackboard. And the ImageMagick Whiteboard script [1] works well with photos of it, making for nicely digitized notes in black-and-white. [1]: http://www.fmwconcepts.com/imagemagick/whiteboard/index.php http://www.fmwconcepts.com/imagemagick/whiteboard/index.php

mlevental 7y ago
which one do you use? boogie board? I'd love one of these that could image itself.
- flarg 7y ago
  I switched from Boogie to Rocketbook and it's a better user experience.
  - shantly 7y ago
    I received a Rocketbook as a gift and never managed to figure out what to do with it. I have a cheap document scanning app on my phone that's very fast and can share the results out to pretty much anywhere with a couple quick presses, and doesn't feel kinda non-native (janky, confidence-reducing) like the Rocketbook app is (or was, haven't tried it in like 8 or 9 months). The workflow of that app + any piece of paper lying around is nearly identical to that of the Rocketbook, but doesn't require both special paper and a special pen. I can even scan several pages in a row and make them one PDF, which is pretty close to what you can do with the Rocketbook (when it works). I feel bad because I know it cost a little money, but I never managed to come up with a reason to use it beyond a few test scans the first day. Within a couple weeks I'd misplaced the pen anyway, still don't know where it ran off to, but I don't miss it. I just have no idea what it does for me over normal paper + scanner app. Circling the place to send it takes almost as long as "tap share, tap where to send it" on my scanner app, and is less flexible, and failed to work often enough that I didn't think I could trust it. Scans are at least as fast and for whatever reason come out much higher-quality on the non-Rocketbook app. The scanner app sends straight to whatever service I'm connecting to, no reliance on some 3rd party server for any of its functionality. Contrary opinion provided in case anyone's looking at this for product recommendations.
- vollmond 7y ago
  I'm not GP, but I picked up a cheap one this week [1]. It's pretty great so far. Used it during a D&D game to track ammo/spells/etc without filling up my campaign notebook, then took it to work and used it to take detailed notes during a phone call, then I just transferred the actually important stuff to my paper notes. I know at least one brand has a phone app that is supposed to be able to process photos of their tablet for saving. Haven't looked into that yet. [1] https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07C7BH2K5/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07C7BH2K5/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b...

mlevental 7y ago

which one do you use? boogie board? I'd love one of these that could image itself.

flarg 7y ago
I switched from Boogie to Rocketbook and it's a better user experience.
- shantly 7y ago
  I received a Rocketbook as a gift and never managed to figure out what to do with it. I have a cheap document scanning app on my phone that's very fast and can share the results out to pretty much anywhere with a couple quick presses, and doesn't feel kinda non-native (janky, confidence-reducing) like the Rocketbook app is (or was, haven't tried it in like 8 or 9 months). The workflow of that app + any piece of paper lying around is nearly identical to that of the Rocketbook, but doesn't require both special paper and a special pen. I can even scan several pages in a row and make them one PDF, which is pretty close to what you can do with the Rocketbook (when it works). I feel bad because I know it cost a little money, but I never managed to come up with a reason to use it beyond a few test scans the first day. Within a couple weeks I'd misplaced the pen anyway, still don't know where it ran off to, but I don't miss it. I just have no idea what it does for me over normal paper + scanner app. Circling the place to send it takes almost as long as "tap share, tap where to send it" on my scanner app, and is less flexible, and failed to work often enough that I didn't think I could trust it. Scans are at least as fast and for whatever reason come out much higher-quality on the non-Rocketbook app. The scanner app sends straight to whatever service I'm connecting to, no reliance on some 3rd party server for any of its functionality. Contrary opinion provided in case anyone's looking at this for product recommendations.
vollmond 7y ago
I'm not GP, but I picked up a cheap one this week [1]. It's pretty great so far. Used it during a D&D game to track ammo/spells/etc without filling up my campaign notebook, then took it to work and used it to take detailed notes during a phone call, then I just transferred the actually important stuff to my paper notes. I know at least one brand has a phone app that is supposed to be able to process photos of their tablet for saving. Haven't looked into that yet. [1] https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07C7BH2K5/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07C7BH2K5/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b...